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LADIES TAnonrse DEPARTMENT.

Our Mr. White hAs just received from Lon.
don an elegant line of Fine Imported Cloths
for Ladies' Taller made Costumes, from
which he il prepared to make suits to order.
These are lightweight especially for sum-
mer wear, and come in . variety Of plain and
fancy colorings.
The latest novelty" for Taf1or-made Suits
IL Nankin, deliberately braided
.(Psrlofs, third floor; through srch.)
WOODWARD LoTHRop
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NV Sps1sa SHAw1s.

NEW Spring SHAwLs.
More than thousand Shawls now in
stock. Newest fabrics and latest styles, EN-.
bracing Shetlands, Cashnieres, Fancy
Woolens, Real India, Chuddas, Persans,
SylviAs. Chslss Pugorss, Alsoras, Mikados,
Algerians, OperattAs, In Bearnaise, zatnbe-
Sis also white Embroidered China Silk
Shawls. These are frinyed and come in
plain shades, plsids and oriental designs.
A line of fine Shetland Shawls, in Cardinal,
cream, light blue, gray and black; only ~
each. Shetland Shawls from S1.25 to Is
each.
Cashmere Shawls, IN cream, light blue,
pink, cardinal, tan and black. sl15, $1.25,
$1.50. 90, SO. SO. 50 and s3.5O esch.
india Chudda shawls, cream. light blue
and cardinal embroidered in fancy colory;
only 81 each.
India Chudds Shawls, in plain shades OF
pink, light blue cream and cardinal; only
$2.75 and $50 each.
The latest in Shswls is the "victoria;"
cream, with. cream silk thread border, full
fringe. Only @5 each.
Excellent line of Shetland Scarfs, in pink
and light blue. Only $1.75 each
Third floor; take either elevator.)
WOODWARD Il LoTHRoP.
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PoseEE EMBRorpERY.

PoseEE EMBRornERY.
We are showing select line Of Pongee EN-.
broideries, "All-overs," &c, which are well
worth your attention.
5-inch Pongee Silk Edgings. 25c
19-inch "All-over" Pongee silks. 0g,<c.
Finer qualities Of "All-over" Ponsee silk
Embroideries, elaborstsly worked, ct Sl12
and 81. so per yard.
(Sscond door, front)
WOODWARD LOTHROP
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There seems 10 be something to explain In the
treatment OF Captain Thomas o. Selfridge. whom
Admiral Chandler sent home 50 suddenly after the
recent fatal accident at target practice on the
coast Of Japan. Why Captain SelfridEe was not
TIED on the spot BY board OF officers, and why he
was not even allowed 10 go in person with an
apology 10 the government, does not appear. He
seems 70 have been sentenced to indignity first
with the prospect Of being tried for his alleged Of
fence afterward There may prove TO be in the
merits Of the case abundant reason TO punish him:
but In civil life he would not have received the
bulk of his punishment till he had had chance to
speak in his own behalf. Secretary whitney will
undoubtedly insure him full justice now that he
has got here, and he viii be degraded, or repri-
Enandec or let go, according TO the showing be IS
able 70 make for himself. But the ughtness OF the
burden be may have 70 bear will hardly atone for
what he has suffered already, apparently without
any real necessity.
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W. CArEn To ALL TAsrrs,
BUT OUR STORE SPACE Is so LIMITED
THAT WE CANNOT CARRY ALL GRADES
OF GOODS.
AS OUR TRADE DEMANDS THE BEST OF
EVERYTHING. WE LEAVE OUT OF OUR
STOCK THE CHEAP QUALITIES.
WHEN WE SAY THE BEST WE MEAN
BEST IN ALL RESPECTS, BEST MATE
RAILS. BEST TRIMMINGS, MOST STYLISH
CUT AND MOST SUBSTANTIALLY MADE.
IN MEMS SPRING SUITS WE BEGIN AT
els AND GO ON BY SHORT STEPS UP TO
s3a.
YOU'LL BE SURPRISED TO SEE HOW
STYLISH AND GOOD SUIT WE SELL AT
SIS 70 SIS OUR SEQ, $3.50 AND s25
SUITS ARE MADE OF IMPORTED GOODS.
MANY OF THEM OUR OWN EXCLUSIVE
STYLES, AND MADE UP IN SAME MANNER
AS CUSTOM WORK AT oNE-THIRD MORE
COST.
WHETHER YOUR TASTE RUNS TO PLAIN
SLIGHTLY MIXED, CHECKS, PLAIDS OR
STRIPES, WHETHER YOU WANT SACK, TO
BE WORN OPEN OR CLOSED, cUTAwAY OR
PRINCE ALBERT COATS WE HAVE THEM
OF THE MOST APPROVED PATTERNS.
WHEN YOU HAVE INSPECTED EVERY
OTHER STOCK IN THE CITY. CONE AND
SEE OURS. WE PREFER TO HAVE YOU IN
sPEcT ALL OTHER GOODS BEFORE LOOK.
ING AT OURS. FOR THEN YOU CAN FORM
AN INTELLIGENT OPINION.
E. b. BARNUM CO.,
my3 p31 PxNNsYLvAN1A Avxxux
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Ess 4 4 &c H M " sss SIS
BBss ~ U uJ HIM HIM szss
A SPECIALITY IN SPRING COAT.
which we viii offer for few days at
1t is tailor-made. perfect shape, with plated back
and pockets. Very stylish.
SOMETHING NEW IN SPRING JERSEY.
Postillion back, bali buttons We have them in all
the new shades to match spring SUITS which we will
sell for few days only 1t
OUR "K1NG" OF SHIRT WAISTS
full line just received in all the latest and most
stylish patterns. We give
FIVE REASONS
WHY YOU SHOULD BUY THEM:
First They are wel-made by careful and experienced
hands. All handmade button holes
Second They are perfect fitting
Third They have the new patented REINFORCED whist
bands 20 constructed that the buttons can't get
Fourth. They have the patented bold-fast button,
warranted not to pull of, tear cut or rust.
Fifth They cost more than szy other good waist
EMBROIDERIEa
15c. YARD.
largest Embroidery Department in the city.
Largest assortment. By far the lowest prices
LACE DEPARTMENT.
One lot Of Beige or Cream full l5.inch founces
regular 81 goods This lot from auction; win be sold
Soc. YARD
STAMPED LINEN GOODS.
splashers. 10c.; scarfs, two yards long. 35c: Um-
brella Cases aud Shoe Bags 25c.; Open-work
| splashers. sec. Largest assortment In the city.
L: Il ssJ$ s$H Is: IS:
my3 7TH. sTH AND sTa
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THE FABRrc

The FABRrc
Known - Cheviot has of late ytars become very
popular With men Of good tasss in dress Thsrs
are variety Of reasons for this, chief snsns
which il the fact that from It's loosely woven
texture 1t is the coolest possible material for
street or business wear. While it is apparently
rough in surface 1t Is soft and silken to the
touch. and Possesses hsft enough to retain its
shape. From its increasing popularity the
great designers have lent their best efforts to
produce patterns in cheviots that vie with the
most elegant French cassimeres. We have this
season secured the choicest results of the de-
signer's art In cheviots, and fashioned them
into garments-ready for immediate use--that
will compare favorably with the very finest
custom-mats clothes IL il possibls to produce.
for an imported ehsviot suit The At and shape
win In no cse be superior to Inst Of one of ours
at s15. SIS, $50 or s25. The material of our
siS to s:,5 suit is quite as good. being imported
goods TIE trimmings Of ours cannot be ex-
celled. Our vast facilities alone enable N to do
these things, and, what IL Of quite - much i'm
portance, we show such variety of styles and
patterns that NO matter what your fancy calls
for. if it's made it is sure to be here. We've got
it awaiting your pleasure. 1t is rare thing i'm
deed when an intending purchaser leaves our
house without being suited. 1t would be sui.
cidal for us to make these statements if we we're
not prepared TO substantiate them. We know
it. you know 1t; do not hesitate then. but be
wise in your generation and come right here for
your spring suit. Save time. Save worry.
Save temper and save money by fitting yourself
out in one Of our imported Scotch Cheviot
Suits at half the price you've been paying for
having your clothes made to order.
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FOR RENT-STORES.

LHOR RENT-ONE-HALF OF FINE STORE. SOC
Il 18th st. NV, second door north of ST., opposite
Boston Dry Goods House, splendid location for office;
also two large Rooms, third floor. HARDING &
WATERS, 6O6 18th st. NV. my2-lm
NOR RENT-STORE-ROOM 206 ~ ST S. W.,
IL with two Rooms attached rare chance for good
business man. rent $50 per month. sp3O-3t'
NOR RENT-STORE NORTHWEST CORNER 7TH
Il and u. w, including fixtures for many years
past been occupied as drug store.
W. c. DUVALL,
(Successor to Duvall Marr),
ap:3O-7t 9aj st. n W.
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TH0R REET-UNFURNISHED-
II Sunderland Place NV 10 n, al nj
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Meridian ave-, Mount Pleasant x5o.
121 st. ne, Ell.
1872 OF ct. NV, 800 ,cs,c
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I brick, rooms, water aud gas latroos sId r.nss
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INQUIRE 1913 I3th ST. n " ap2l-2w'
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fCre Astepply 10 X.
ap50 1907 Pennsy vanis ave a. q.
IL two stores, rooms sl modern improvements;
rent &25 30. 913 French St, brick, stores six
rooms and cellar: all modern improvements; rent
$3.50. Is Sth st. ne. q neat room brick
house; all modern improvements near East Capitol
1T; rent $25.40 Also, several desirable houses
on St, near 9th 81. ne.; Just finished; open: rent
e21 80. b. II. WARNFR co,
ap30-3ts GIG ST. NV.
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WIIL LADY IN BLUE. WHO NOTICED GEN
w tleman and one arm 1t Great Falls Sunday send
her address to b. 6. c. Star Office! my22t'
(yIVu SERVICE EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
Oand AnswerA Send 10 cents 20 book stores or TO
.p27-1m. 4. ". Cor stS and ( 50. NV.
IN ACCOUNT OF THE HEAVY DENARD .UPQN
" N we are now prepared TO pay fuu value for
Gents Second-han Clothing. Address call as
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T0n1a, Bicycle, and Tcur4sts, ~ d., slsa
.LAegs asoeonsot Windsor soas1a. 10 3 ned Win
VS., TEEI.
spcV 200 n. sVA
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FOR RENT-OFFTCES.

NOR RENT EIIGIBLY LOCATED OFFICE
Il Rooms. 424 9th ST. Mrs. X. V. ELLIOT. Type
writing and copying. Satisfactory work guaranteed
ap30-3t
NOR RENT-FRONT HALL ROOM lST FLOOR,
II 1919 St, adjoining sun Building. Price 1850.
Apply to W. RILEY DEEBLE, Basement. apl9-lm
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-22
The Value of Pure Coffee.

Mr.. W. ]. Hammond, engineer and
general manager of the Western Sac
Paulo railway company, Brazil, bears
pleasant witness to the virtues of coffee
/ and strongly denounces the use of adul-
terants. Many people will be able to in
dorse his high opinion of the value of
.sstrong, pure, black coffee as stimu-
liant when the body is run down through
physical labor" but his assertion that,
beyond this stimulating power, coffee has
great disinfecting properties and is used
by many who have to travel through
niasmatic districts as a preventive against
fevers will be new to many.
He states that the Rev. Father Kene-
lam Vaughan, who but few years back
made a journey by land from Panama
down to the River Plate, passing in and
among and over the Andes during a
space of three years, used coffee alone as
a stimulant, although he had once to run
the gauntlet through long, rock bound
valley in Colombia in which the water
remained stagnant year after year, and
the narrowness of the gorge prevented
sufficient sunlight and heat from entering
to dispel the vapors. When asked what
he took in this horrible place, called by
the natives by the significant name OF
Valley Of Death, he replied: "Why, cof.
fse, Of courset The same gentleman
also reports that since the natives in the
pestilential districts near Guayaquil, in
Ecuador, have substituted coffee for their
former beverages the death rate has
fallen very considerably. Home Knowl-
edge.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-22
Origin of the @. A.

Its originator was DIR. Benjamin F.
Stephenson, a physician of Springfield,
Ills, who had served as surgeon in the
Fourteenth Illinois infantry during the
war. He first suggested the idea in Feb
ruary, 1866. Published accounts state
that Decatur, nls., was the birthplace of
the order, but the only living comrade of
the four who were present at the first
muster and mutually took the obligation,
according to the ritual DR.. Stevenson had
prepared, says that it was founded at
Springfield.
The first formal organization of post
occurred, however, beyond question, on
April 6, 1866, at the village of Decatur,
which contained only forty three Union
soldiers.
Among the originators of the Grand
Army of the Republic were Messrs. Col
trim and Pryor, proprietors of The Deca-
tur Tribune, and their -compositors, who
printed the first ritual of the Grand Army,
as written by DIR. Stephenson.
Soon after Post No. was formed at
Springfield, and others were quickly in
stituted throughout Illinois, Wisconsin,
Indiana, Ohio, Iowa and Missouri.
On July 10, 1866, the first department
encampment was held at Springfield, Ills.
John M. Palmer was elected department
commander. New York Herald.
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Brain work and Handicraft.

DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes during the
busy years of his life, it is said, was ac-
customed to rest his brains by working
with his hands. Under the great library
table was a smaller one, which was a min
iature workshop, fitted with turning
lathe and tools, with which the poet
made boxes, brackets and toys for his
friends
The little shop moved on tiny rail
way track in the floor, SO that on the ap-
proach of a visitor who could not appre-
ciate '.jimcracks, the doctor could push
the table, tools and all, under the larger
one entirely out of sight.
The majority of brain workers have
had some pursuit, taste or handicraft
which relieved the tension on the brain
of steady application in one direction.
Sometimes, as in the case of Mr.. Glad
stones tree chopping or Mr.. Hawthorne's
potato digging, it was severe physical ex-
ertion that gave rest to the mind, but
oftener it was the employment of the fin
gers and brain in some lighter work than
the daily craft. Hans Andersen cut pa
per figures with marvellous skill, one of
the great Russian novelists makes clay
pipes of every shape, and one of the most
eminent clergymen in this country dab
bles in chemistry, and has nearly blown
up his family on several occasions.
Parents and teachers are often annoyed
by the persistent devotion of boys to some
pursuit which can never serve them as a
means of livelihood, taste for drawing,
music or animals. Keep it in its place
and you have provided hobby which
may serve as a safety valve for an over
taxed brain or nervous system. The
young man with regular occupation
and a taste which gives him rest and
pleasure enters life not with one staff, but
with two.- Youths Companion.
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The average man. city born and raised,
is only too apt to regard somewhat con-
temptuously the simple art of the coun-
try1nan as he follows the plow or hews
the oak into well balanced rails, lightly
imagining such tasks of easy acquire
ment and on level with the rural intel
lect, and the spectacle that he presents
when he would go and do likewise is
often laughable. There is nothing, in
fact. so calculated to shake the conf
dence of the young man who goes west
to embark in farming or some kindred
pursuit as the finding of his unftness for
some of the simplest manual tasks. He
will discover that his superior metropoli-
tan knowledge avails him but little and is
lightly held by those about HMM short,
that he is as unsophisticated in his new
surroundings as would be the yokel in the
city. He learns that even such despised
work as currying horse or driving a
nail requires knowledge, and the chances
are that if he is sensible his sense of
liberation will be appreciably strength
ened and his horizon widened before his
palms are fairly hardened and he has
grown accustomed to his new conditions.
Globe Democrat
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-22
Japanese Wooden Shoes.

In Japan children's shoes are made of
blocks of wood secured with cords The
stocking resembles a mitten, having a
separate place for the great toe. AS these
shoes are lifted only by the toes, the
heels make rattling sound as their own
ers walk, which is quite stunning in o
crowd. They are not worn in the house,
as they would injure the soft straw mats
on the floor. You leave your shoesgat
the door, Every house is built with refer
ence to the number of mats required for
the floors, each room having from eight
to sixteen, and in taking lodgings you
pay SO much for mat. They think it
extravagant in us to require whole
room to ourselves.
The japanese shoe gives perfect free
dom to the foot. The beauty of the hu.
man foot is only seen in the japanese.
They have no corns, no ingrowing nails,
no distorted joints. Our toes are cramped
until they are deformed and are in danger
of extinction. They have the full use of
their toes, and to them they are almost
like fingers. Nearly every mechanic
makes use of his toes in holding his work
Every toe is fully developed. Their shoes
cost one penny and last six months. =
Merchant World.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-22
Women and Mont Blanc.

Sixty-one women in all have made the
ascent of Mont Blanc. .sThe fact is tes-
titled, says a correspondent of Galignani,
';by the antique register religiously kept
at the office of the guides at Chamonix,
as everybody may see for himself. The
book is more faithful record than one
might expect. Just as on some i'll fated
precipice on the Alps wooden cross
marks the spot where too adventurous
climber has met his death, SO here a
lugubrious cross is set against the name
of every victim who has failed to reach
his journeys end, and the oft recurring
formula, 'Requiescat in pace, may per-
haps account for the reluctance with
which the book is shown to intending ex-
cursionists.
1.-THE first female ascent of the giant of
the Alps was made by two French women,
beian birth. Their example was quickly
followed in after seasons, and in the end
the record stands as follows: English
women, SO; French women, Is; Russian
women, A American women, 8; Swiss
women, 2, and Prussian, Danish, Hun
garian, italian and Austrian, each.
Eleven of these ladies accompanied their
husbands. The mania for making ascents,
through evil and good report, has this
year been rather conspicuous, the excur-
sions to the summit having numbered
thirty-nine as against an average of
eleven. The French on this occasion
have taken the lead, followed not very
closely by Englishmen and English
women, and still further off by Ameri-
cans and Germans. Most of the French
who have ventured forth to the summit
are members of the Alpine club, while
those Of other nationalities depend for the
most part upon their own resources or the
counsel of guides. Pail Mall Gazette.
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Advice to Young Doctors.

In your instructions to your patients,
be particular in giving minute directions
concerning diet. This has great effect on
the minds of old women, especially, if
their maladies are in a great measure
imaginary. Give list of what is to be
eaten at breakfast, dinner and supper,
and you may depend upon being made
the subject of conversation, and will be
considered very clever.
I brought myself into notice, and
gained several prominent families, by
recommending to wealthy old lady the
left leg of boiled fowl. Once when /
was away on a short vacation, this old
lady took sick and was obliged to send
for neighboring physician, who, by the
way, was really well read man. On
his attempting to persuade her that the
left leg possessed no particular virtue, she
became quite indignant and uncompi-
mentary. Western Medical Reporter.
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The wardrobes of Kings.

The wardrobe of the late king of Ba-
varia has been sold at Munich, and the
proceeds are to be applied toward the pay
ment of his debts. The st. James Ga
zette alludes to this transaction as a fol-
lowing of the precedent set in England,
when George " died, but this is an en-
tire mistake, for his wardrobe became
the perquisite of his pages, and it was
sold by them for their own exclusive
benefit. This was monstrous job, as
the wardrobe fetched an immense sum,
and the public, who originally paid for it,
ought to have obtained the proceeds.
George " left every coat he had bought
for fifty years, 800 canes and whips,
every description Of uniform, the state
costumes of all his orders and magnif-
cent furs and pelisses, some of which had
been sent to him by the emperors of Rus
sia and Austria. London Truth.
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TIE CRAZY RoMANaFEs.
The Mental Disease which All Iess "a
Russian Imperial Family.

Russian Imperial Family.
In the recently published memoirs of
Count Vitzthuna, of Eckstadt, proofs are
given of the hereditary character of the
mental disease which afflicted the imperial
family of Russia. All the sons of Gar
Paul I, like that unhappy monarch him-
self, who was murdered in 1901, became
subject to fits of insanity. Paul had foui
sons-Czar Alexander I, the Grand Duke
Constantine, Gar Nicholas I and the
Grand Duke Michael. Every one of them
after his 45th year exhibited undoubted
signs of mental arrangement This was
not fully discovered in the case Of Mich
olas until after the czar's death.
An English physician, however, the
count says, noticed the appearance Of the
hereditary disease in the czar as early as
July, 1858, and he then predicted that
the monarch had not more than two years
of life before him. This he stated in a
letter to Lord Palnlerston. The Emperor
Nicholas died in March, 1855, about four
months earlier than the date predicted.
The count appears to have no doubt that
the Crlmean war, so far as it depended
on Nicholas, was the rash act of a ruler
s'whose mental equipoise was disturbed. y
None of the four sons of Paul I lived to
be so years of age, and every one of them
suffered from congestion Of the brain
after reaching his 45th year. Alexander
died at 49, miserable man, moody and
respondent, as Prince Metternich has
painted him, ''tired Of existence -
His brother, the Grand Duke Constan-
tine, though not manifestly insane, gave
frequent signs of mental disturbance, Of
which he was himself SO plainly con-
scious that he did not think himself fit to
be trusted with the reins Of government
His conduct in the year 1880, at the out
break of the revolution in Warsaw, will
remain to prove his mental unsoundness
He had to be intrusted to the care of his
wife, the Princess Lowicz, who was eau
toned in the same way as is physician
in charge of a patient having intermit-
tent fits of insanity. He died in his SD
year from congestion of the brain. The
Grand Duke Michael was killed by fall
from his horse at the age of 48. Some
years before his death he had exhibited
signs of undoubted mental disease, and
his physicians declared that he was on
the road to certain insanity.
The events of 1848-52 were not calcu-
lated to allay the hereditary dispositions
of the imperial family of Russia, but to
excite and intensity them. There is some
thing terrible in the contrast between the
outward position of the Gar Nicholas,
upon the bent of whose will the fate of
SO many millions in Europe was depend
ing, and the alleged diseased inward con-
dition of his mind.-London Society.